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Henricus Martellus Germanus

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German cartographer

GermanyScientistsLived 1401 to 1496 · aged 95
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Henricus Martellus Germanus was a German cartographer active in Florence between 1480 and 1496.

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Map of the world by Henricus Martellus Germanus, preserved in the British LibraryMap of the world by Henricus Martellus Germanus, preserved in the British LibraryMap of the world by Henricus Martellus Germanus, preserved at Yale UniversityMap of the world by Henricus Martellus Germanus, preserved at Yale UniversityHenricus Martellus, explanatory inscription on his world map of 1491Henricus Martellus, explanatory inscription on his world map of 1491

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Henricus Martellus Germanus was a German cartographer active in Florence between 1480 and 1496. His surviving cartographic work includes manuscripts of Ptolemy's Geographia, manuscripts of Insularium illustratum, and two world maps which were the first to show a passage around the southern tip of Africa into the Indian Ocean. His world maps summarize geographical knowledge at the outset of the Age of Discovery and "epitomize the best of European cartography at the end of the fifteenth century."

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1401 to 1496 · aged 95
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